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Ditka gets boot after 5-11 year
I.AKK FOREST. Ill (API —
Mike Ditka's 11 years ns the
bellowing, bullying coach of
the Chicago Hears ended Tues
day with a tear in his eve and a
quiver in his voice
Ditkfl, who led the Hears to a
1 <)H(> Super How! victory, was
fired nine days after the end of
a disastrous 5-11 season lie
will stay on indefinitely as a
i onsultant
"We re going to have to find
some new wavs to do some
things, ways different than
we've done them in the past
Hears president Mu hael Mi
Caskey said "There’s going to
lie a premium on fresh ideas,
and a new start
"I've come to the difficult
conclusion that it s best to start
that" process with a new head
coach."
The 5Tyear-old Ditka. who
spoke haltingly at a press con
feretli e thaf lasted less than six
minutes, said: "Scripture tells
vou that all things shall pass
fins, too shall pass Regrets,
just a few but too few to re
memlier Thirty-two years, and
I have a lot of [leople to thank
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The Bears will
come back. Mike
Ditka will survive.
Ill land on my feet.
There’s no problem
about that.’
Mike Ditka.
Ex coach of the Chicago
Bears
I want to thank the players
most !»•< auw they make it hap
pen Thank von. fans of this
< itv
"The Bears will mint' bank."
he said "Mike Ditka will sur
vive I'll land on my feet
There's no problem about
that."
Ditka and M< ( aske\ left the
news conference quit klv. leav
ing many unanswered ques
tions
As for hiring a new conch.
McCasktn said. "The quicker,
the (letter Mavlte some of the
coaches I want to interview are
with plavoff teams and we
would have to wait until their
season ends "
McC.askey's reply increased
speculation that Richie
Pctitbon, defensive coordinator
of the Washington Redskins
and a former Bears player,
would he among those consid
ered
Mtfiaskev also said Hears co
ordinators. (irc-g Landry on of
fense and Vin< e Tobin on de
fense. deserve i onsidoration
The Hears finished with their
worst record sinc e 1975. and it
was only Difka's third losing
season lie had a 106-92 regu
lar-season ret ord and led the
Hears to six divisional titles
The 1986 Super Howl champi
onship followed a 15-1 regular
season.
Hut after going 1-1-2 in 1986,
there was a gradual slide. In
1 <189 the team fell to 6-10, but
came back with two 11-5 sea
sons before this year's collapse
Some sa\ it began Oct 4 at
Minnesota when the Hears,
who were 2-2 at the time, held
Turn to DITKA, Page 13
Bobo follows Bledsoe
to NFL, leaves Wazzu
l.ON ANt.I.I I S (AIM - Phillip Holm, tin- sec ondleading re< fiver
m Washington State history, will bypass his senior season and en
ter the Ni l draft tins spring. The Associated Press learned Tues
duv
Bubo a redslnrt junior, caught seven passes for .fl- vards and
two touchdowns from Drew Bledsoe in Washington States it AIM
v n torv over Utah in the ( upper Bowl at Tucson, Ari/ this past
W eeh
I'hat turneil out to fie the final college game for both players
Bledsoe announced Monday he was making himself available tor
the Ni l draft and is etpev ted to be one of the top players pu ked
Wednesday is the deadline for underclassmen to de< hire their in
tent ion to enter the April Iffi-Ufi draft
Boho was a starter lor nearly all of the three seasons lie plaved at
Washington State finishing his college i areer with HH receptions
for g.lHJ yards and l<> tout hdmvns. The - 1H2 vards represents the
third highest total in s< bool history and the 1 <> touUidown catches
ties him for set olid
1 decided yesterday." Bobo told the AP 1 thought about it a
lot My mind's at ease with it
Turn to BOBO Page 13
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UCLA safety opts to
forego senior year
LOS ANGK1.ES (AP) —
UCLA free safety Othello
Henderson will bypass his
senior season to make him
self available for the NFL
draft, the school announced
Tuesday
Henderson spoke with Dru
ms coach Terry Donahue,
w ho is at the American Foot
ball Coaches Association
convention in Atlanta, on
Monday afternoon and in
formed him of the dec ision.
the school said.
"We are very sorry that
Othello will not tie with us
next year," Donahue said in a
statement issued by UCLA
"He is an impact player who
enjoyed an outstanding sea
son in 1992 and would have
been even better this coming
year.
"Obviously, we will miss a
player of Othello's caliber,
but I know that he is doing
what he feels is best for his
family and himself. He feels
he will be a first-round
choice and I think he will be
a great professional player
We certainly wish him great
success in the NFL."
Henderson, a junior, was a
two-year starter for the Hru
ins. He led UCLA with no
tackles this past season. 20
more than am other plaver
on the team He was selected
as the Bruins' most valuable
defensive plaver and was a
second-team All-Pacific 10
Conference selection.
Henderson. 20. attended
Ellison High in Killeen. Tex
as.